My second cousin.

One thing i've learned about most of my colleagues here at the job is that they've let 'Passion' their second cousin meander off into the sunset. They let their siblings 'status' and 'quo' lay EACH AND EV-E-RY single brick on their yellow brick road. Dont get me wrong... immediate fam, technically, should be your guide but dont you find that they restrict your growth in the effort of protecting you sometimes? Man my radical second cousin, passion, hes that dude. He's got earrings, tattoos, a man purse (lol) and the greatest part is hes happy. I talk to some of my colleagues & supervisors and with every conversation i see a faint brush of 'Passions' spray paint imprint on the road. Its been scrubbed down, bleached and lysoled... but u know graffitti... u can only really get rid of it if u paint over it ya know?

So my colleagues and supervisors... they tell me about all the opportunities here, basically handing me the yellow paint to go ahead and paint my bricks, which btw is as multicolored as Josephs coat . One thing i notice is that with every conversation theres one radical similarity...'I wish'. They've all used that pronoun and verb in THAT order in every one on one meeting i've had. But its followed by "inevitably this was were I ended up, and i like it now" or some variation of it. I feel like everyone in my department ENDED UP here, excommunicated their 2nd cousin and only think about him when they r influencing someone who has the chance to still kick it with their own cuzo.

My yellow brick road will never be yellow. I'm like tyrell in vegas, I told 'Passion', to hold the key to my soul , so I wouldnt gamble it away. Unlike Justin and Adam, Passion doesnt give me back my earnings cuz I beg 4 it... he knows better.. i might gamble it away and start painting my road with the brush my colleagues used.

I just confirmed the factory for Afrik's clothing in SHANGHAI! Found the spot im gonna put a down payment on in January. Recording a demo (and hanging out with ?uestlove 1 thursday a month- word... no joke), and go to local shows, perform poetry and hit up lounges on wkdays... got approved to be a mentor AND volunteer at the Harlem childrens zone. Paving my gaudy a$$ road every single day and loving it.

Consult Passion once a week... please ... thanks